Janine Antoni

These two photographs portray the artist in a nurturing role. In the first image, she uses the familiar pose of the Virgin and Child, but plays with it by instead cradling her own leg. In the second she portrays herself nursing a cow, making a statement about the cows own nurturing of humans with both their meat and milk. It is clear that both these works play with the concept of maternity and nurturing. Both works are fascinating in their surprise and their use of the unexpected.